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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

Vale Chris Bailey: the patron Saint of Saturday night is with us no more

Chris Bailey Nick Cave United States Saints Ed Kuepper Ballantine
ETERNALLY OURS: Looking down on an exhausted Chris Bailey is a 'young and unformed' Nick Cave. Nashville singer Dylan Walshe took the Ballantine's Scotch picture after what he says was Bailey's 'last ever performance'. And some of his many records.

BURIED from last Sunday in election reporting, it took me until Tuesday to realise that another of my favourite rock'n'rollers, Chris Bailey, frontman for Australian band The Saints, had shuffled off his mortal coil a week ago today at the age of 65.

The official notification on The Saints (Official) Facebook page from "family and friends" said: "It is with great pain in our hearts that we have to inform you about the passing of Chris Bailey, singer and songwriter of The Saints, on April 9, 2022.

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